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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28
Jubilee Dress Improver.

Mr.. Labouchere mentions a most curious
sort of jubilee object, which is called the
@jubilee dress improver" 1t ejaculates "God
Save the Queen' whenever the wearer sits
down.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

Sleeping cars on all through trains between
Baltim ore, Washington, Chicago. Pittsburgh,
Wheeling, Columbus and Cincinnati.
O. X. LORD, W. E. REPPERf,
Genn Pass. Ag't, Div. Pass. Aga
Baltimore. Nd. Columbus, o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

San Diego, Cal, has one of the wisest
Chinaman in the world. He Is laundry
man, and he has kept an advertisement rum
ming in this local paper for fifteen years
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

Time table for east and west corrected to
Jan. 81, 1887 Trains leave Panhandle sta
tion, Wheeling, feot OF Eleventh street, near
public landing-Central Standard time
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ID PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY,
l. (oPRRATNG)
q Pittsburgh r. z
East and North to Pittsburah and olevel.ud:

Condenced timetable OF passenger trains
corrected to Jan. 81, 'S7, Central Standard Time.
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28
THREE HOURS OF TORTURE.

II was punished once by being placed in
dark cell for several hours" said an ex-
convict. 'The moment the wooden door
was closed the darkness seemed to jump
right at me. It was not the darkness
of night, but a heavy, thick blackness
that you could almost feel, and that seemed
to settle upon you and crush you down.
Slowly it became suffocating, and little
sharp rays Of light began to dance be-
fore my eyes; horrible forms, conjured up by
the imagination, began growing out of the
blackness. and l fancied could hear de-
moniacal laughter. threw myself down on
the floor and tried to sleep. / lost conscious
ness for a time and thought had been there
all day, and that it was then night. The
blackness assumed a different shape and
seemed to form itself into waves, like the
bosom Of a troubled ocean. The pillows
rolled all about me, and occasionally seemed
to envelop me. struggled out of them
wildly, but again they came tumbling toward
me and again covered me up, and then felt
as though l was being slowly suffocated
Little sparks and flashes Of light sprang out
of the blackneSs and shot toward me, but all
seemed to fall short.
"Then thought saw demons away off in
the shadows, who were hurting the flashes at
me intent upon murder. danced around In
a wild effort to escape them, and then, utterly
exhausted, threw myself again on the floor
and again lost consciousness for time
When awoke another day seemed to have
passed, and imagined was horrible hungry
and thirsty. Long rows of choice food sailed
slowly out of the gloom; heard the gurgling
of water, ard then, mad and desperate, l
rushed to the door and beat upon it and called
wildly for help. The door was thrown open,
and blaze of light fell upon me that seemed
TO stun me for @ moment. / fell upon my
knees and was almost helpless for time l
found that l had been locked up in the cell
less than three hours, but it felt like three
days to me, and you can bet that was care
full to avoid punishment in the future New
York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

DITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI & ST.
IL LOUIS RAILROAD Pan HdEdls Route.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28
ITCHING. SCALY. PIMPIY

For the last year have had species of itching
scaly and pimply humors on my face to which have
applied great many methods of treatment without
success, and which was speedily and entirely cured
by Cuticura. Mrs. ISAAC PHEPS, Revenna, o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28
CLEVELAND, LORAIN & WHEELING
~ RALRoAD-TIME SCHEDULE.

In effect Nov IA, 'S6.-New Standard, SOth
Meridian time, which Is Is minutes siower
than Columbus time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28
KIDNEY PAINS

~ And that weary lifeless, all-gone sensa-
"a ton ever present with those of infamed
\ Kidneys Weak E9 Back and Loins, Aching
y disease or debility or dissipation, are relieved
N one minute and are speedily cured by the Cuti-
ura Anti-Pain Plaster, a new, original, elegant
nd infallible antidote to pain and information. At
II druggists, 25c; five for 81 of Potter Drug Co.,
BOSTON, Mass
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

six years, and medicines shelves give bet
ter satisfaction.
c. F. ATHERTON, druggist, Albany, NY.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

Cuticura Remedies are sold everywhere.
Price: Cuticura so cts; Resolvent 81 Soap 25 cts.
Prepaid by POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Bos-
ton, Mass.
| Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases"
InDUQQ Pimples. Skin Blemishes, and Baby
unUDD, Humors, cured by Cuticura Soap.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

A farmer in the Black Hills is said to have
made 81 800 in onions grown on an acre and
quarter Of land. He sold 45O sacks. 4. ..,I
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28
DRUGGISTS ENDORSE THEM.

Have sold quantity of your Cuticura Remedies
One of my customers Mrs. Henry Kintz, who had
letter her hands TO such extent to cause the
skin to peel off, and for eight years she suffered
greatly, completely cured by the use of your
remedies. c. n NYE. druggist. Canton. Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28
Skin and Scalp
Cleansed, Purified and Beautifed by the
Cuticura Remedies.

DOR cleansing the Skin and Scalp of disfguring
humors, for allying itching, burning and intiam-
nation, for curing the first symptoms of eczema,
psoriasis milk crust scaly head, scrofua and other
inherited Skin and Blood Diseases, CUTICURA, the
great Skin Cure, and CUTICURA Soar, exquisite
Skin Beautiher, externally, and CUTICURA REsoI.-
VENT, the Blood Purifier internally, are infal-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28
SALT RHEUM CUBED.

was troubled with salt rheum for number Of
years. SO that the skin entirely came off of my
hands from the flyer tips to the wrist; tried reme-
dies and doctors prescriptions to purpose until
l commenced taking Cuticura Remedies, and now |
am entirely cured. E. 7. PARKER,
379 Northampton street, Boston.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

COMPLETE CURE.
have suffered all my life with skin diseases of
different kind, and never found permanent aelief
until by the advice of lady friend used your val
liable Cuticura Remedies; / gave them thorough
trial, using six bottles of the Cutcura ResOlvent
two bottles of Cuicura and cakes of Cuticura
Soap and the result just what had been told it
would be-a complete cure.
BELLE WADE, Richmond, Va.
Reference G. W. Latimer druggist, Richmond, Va.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-28

Representatives of the leading news
papers OF the Missouri Valley and the
Southwest met In Kansas City, and re-
solved to deal with railroads hereafter
as with other business interests, paying
for all they get, and charging regular
rates for time tables and other business
notices.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-25
KIRKWOOD SEMINARY,

Suburban Institution for Young Ladies.
Twenty-scyenth year; September o. New
building for additional pupils Will be ready
then. Home like boarding department;
thorough curriculum of study best musical
department west of Boston. Thorough art
training. For catalogue address Mrs. Anna
Snecd Cairns, KirkwOod Mo. Pae. and
Frisco II. Rs.), Mo.
Mrs. Cairns will be In Dallas July 20, and
will be happy to meet parents desiring to
send their daughters to her. Her address
can be obtained from the President of the
w. C. II. u.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-25

VIII DIT nerve n1m9oII Iot' cue oOuJo!S ~
wnver not. on the 4tli OF Augiist next thcre
will BIO gained one Of the grandent peace
Victories for the pure administration OF
government. tho good Of society and the
perfection OF Democracy that has ever yet
becn won in this liberty flowing State OF ours.
aud one whose influence shall not stop until
the waves Of time shall dash upon the
shores of eternity. Heaven grant such q
contamination.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-25
rSw Coaches, splendid Equip
ments, Fart Time, Sure
Connection.

10 MILES the Shortest Rsute-FORT
ZZ WORTH to GAINESVILLE.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-25

NyHE best Route to DALLAS, FARM
/ ERSvILLE, HONEY GROVE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16

There exists in every household q
short and easy method of testing the
comparative nervousness of the sexes,
says a writer in Harper's Bdzdr.
Take the very sweetest and most do
nestle OF men, the most home-loving
and equable, and see il he can have
patience with the children, day in and
day out, as can a wife much less gifted
by nature with these fine qualities. The
children may be the sweetest ever born,
and yet each will be pretty sure to pass
through stages in it's development when
its cross questionings, its endless
"What?" and "Why?" and "Whom did
you say?" will furnish grounds of prac-
tice for saintship. Not that all moth
ers are equal to this task-far from it;
but when it comes to nerves, the aver
age mother takes all this trial and
pressure in way that puts the average
father to shame. L knew shrewd
woman who, whenever her husband
had given her a lecture on nervous
ness, used to contrive to have him
dress one or two of the children for
school on winters morning, after
breakfast slightly belated. The good
man would fall meekly into the trap,
not clearly remembering the vastness
of the labor-the adiustings, and the
tyings, and the buttonings; the leggins,
and the overdrawers, and the arctic
shoes; the jacket, scarf, coat, gloves,
mittens, wristers; the hat or cap, or
hood, to be pulled, and pushed, and
tied in proper position; the complete
way in which all these things, beside
being put on, have to be mutually made
fast by strings, and buttons, and safety
pins, so that the child thus dressed is
model of compressed packing, and
could, like well-packed barrel of
china, be sent round the world without
injury. Calm must be the spirit, high
the purpose, of the father who reaches
the end of this complex task without
word of impotence, while the wife
whom he calls nervous has long since
taken off his hands the other child as
signed to him, and has long since, with
deft hands, dressed her, and given
one patient, final, all-comprehending
twitch, and the whole thing is done.
If you doubt whether men are, on the
whole, and in their own way, as nerv-
Gus as women, test them with getting
the children ready for school, and re-
member that their mother does it twice
a day at least every day of her life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16
Victor HugO's Poetic Plea.

The story is told that Victor Hugo,
concerning himself on behalf one con-
demned, called on King Louis Philippe
to intercede for the unfortunate man.
1t was second compassionate effort of
the poets, but the hour was late and
the monarch, being now retired to bed,
could not be seen. Not to be wholly
baked of his purpose, Hugo left a plea,
in suddenly improvised verse, on the ia
BILE, to meet the Kings eye in the morn
ing. There had been a recent death in
the royal family of an idolized daughter,
and birth, too, as well. OF these in
cidents the poet availed himself in his
quatrain. which very closely rendered
runs as follows:
BY your lost angel, dove-like from you flown,
BY this sweet royal babe, fair, fragile reed
Mercy once more Be mercy mercy showni
In the tomb's name and cradles both plead.
The poets lea availed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16
Some Misused Words.
Acoustics is always singular.
r-N l,,o. oNl .At a,,A 80 tl,o l.

Acoustics Is always singular.
Cut bias, and not cut on the bias.
Allow should not be used for admit.
Come to see me, and not come and
see me.
Bursted is not elegant and is rarely
correct.
Almost, with a negative, is ridiculous
almost nothing" is absurd.
The burden OF song means the re-
frain or chorus, not its sense or mean-
ing.
Bountiful applies to persons, not to
things, and has no reference to quantity.
Affable only applies when speaking
of the manner of superiors to interiors.
"Methinks" is formed by the imper-
sonal verb think, meaning seem, and
the dative me; and is literally rem
dered, lit seems to me-"
Admire should not be followed with
the ininitive. Never say. as many do,
Il should admire to go with you," etc.
This error is singularly fashionable just
now.
Allude is now frequently misused
when thing is named, spoken of or
described. 1t should only be used
when anything is limited at in playful
or passing manner. "Allusion is the
by-play of language. "-TCeedS Nuo
Grammar.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16
The Moose AM the Lily Roots.

1t has already been intimated that the
moose may seek his food where the yell
low water-lily is found. 1t is not, how
ever, the leaves nor the blossoms which
are sought but the roots. These ex-
tend in perfect network through the
mud in which they grow attaining a
thickness exceeding q mans arm and
an indefinite length. In color they are
a pale greenish or yellowish white,
smooth on the exterior, except for q
number of eyes like those on pineap-
pie, somewhat elastic to the touch, and
pithy within. There is no disputing
about tastes, and consequently we will
not criticise the moose for being so
fond of this vegetable. But to the
human palate it is dry, insipid, and
puckery. To obtain this he will wade
out into the water and souse his head
beneath the surface until even his ears
are submerged. Then, having wrenched
n chunk of greater or less length from
its bed, he withdraws his head, and,
dripping water from each of the numer-
ous angles which characterize his ugly
physiognomy, he stands the picture of
pure animal enjoyment, chewing away
at one end of the root, while the other
sticks out of his mouth like cigar. To
catch him ia the middle of this per-
Torrance is the constant burden of the
hunters prayer.-HdTper'S Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16

There is not man in the world more
deeply to be pitied than the present
Emperor of Russia. The loneliness OF
kings, loneliness naturally resulting
from their place, which hardly admits
of friendship, and does not admit Of
equality, is always terrible, and is fire.
quently felt by themselves so severely
that they break through all restraints
of prudence and moral law in order to
be rid of it. Rather than not have
friends, people before whom they can
disrobe their minds and sit in mental
slippers, they will give all power to
favorites, or to women who could be
bought without any such sacrifices of
their states or their subjects. The
loneliness of Car as absolute as q
Gu sar and as swiftly obeyed, so far
above his subjects that Count Tolstoi,
in the admirable series OF historic
sketches which he calls war and
Peace" and issues as novel. describes
mobiles as fainting with agitation at the
sight of him, must be almost shocking.
He is so utterly master, he can so COM
pletely and instantly make and un-
make, the hostile exertion of his will,
its force that he can have no true equal,
or friend, or easy companion.
He may, like Alexander H., try to be
bon cGmerdde, or, like many Cars,
surround himself with mistresses; but
the distance always remains too great
for true friendship, or for any perfect
alienation from society of the troubles
of the mind, any tightening of that
burden of empire which, when his word
is always final, so presses on the con-
science even of evil kings. 1t is scarcely
possible to be wholly disinterested
with a Gar if only for the terrible
powers his mere friendship places in
your hands, scarcely possible, either
for the Car not to perceive or to sus-
pect in every sentence uttered some
concealed intent. In any nature such q
position must beget habitual suspicion !;
and when the Gar is by nature. or has
become through cruel experience,
gloomy, reserved, and unsocial, the
susp ciorsness must Sc into q master
ing passion.
Add that the Gar has been driven
by the NihilistS into life of almost
utter seclusion; that he has reason to
fear for his life at every hour in the
day and from the must unlikely quar-
tiers; that he is deprived of iutimates
by his virtues as well as by the dread
he inspires, and that he has no children
old enough to share his thoughts, and
we may imagine to what heights sus-
piciousness may rise in him and how
near to the sources of fury every
thought may be.-The Spe 0tat0r.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16
ClexeIand's Lost Brother.

A tragedy is connected with the prin-
cipal hotel, the Royal Victoria, Nassau,
which associates it with our own re-
cent history. 1t is brought to mind by
q notice found in the Nassau Guardian
Of fourteen years ago, to this effect:
"NoTIcE. All persons having de-
Lewis +. Cleveland, deceased, are re-
quested to render statements thereof,
duly attested, on or before the first day
of May next to John 5. Darling, Es-
quire.
And all persons who are indebted to
said estate are requested TO make i'm
mediate payment to the said j. 5. Oar
ling. GROVER CLEVELAND,
w. w. STEPHENSON,
Jan. 90, 1873. Executors.
One of these executors has since been
called to minister upon larger estate.
The occasion of his visit to Nassau in
1873 was the sudden and melancholy
death of his brother, the lessee of the
hotel. He was lost on the steamer
Missouri, burned off Abaco Island on
the morning of October %, 1872. An
other brother of President Cleveland,
4uI IL. ". SltNtlulltt, anu DlObHcI ia
law were also among the victims of this
disaster. Lewis Cleveland was man
of strong personality, and stories told
of him would indicate that some of the
characteristics of his distinguished
brother are family traits. An inexora-
BILE rule of his hotel management for
babe the payment of fees. One waiter
who accepted a Christmas gift was
promptly dismissed. The lady whose
gratitude for special services had thus
found expression finally secured the re-
versal of the sentence on the condition
that the gift should be returned. Il
will not" said Mr.. Cleveland, shave
those in my house who are unable or I'M
willing to fee the servants put to any
disadvantage" 1t is told of Mr.. Cleve-
land that, as he was on his way to the
steamer at New York, he said: II do
not know how it is, but have an i'm
preston that 1 can not get rid of that
this will be my last voyage" So it
proved, not only to him, but to sixty
eight others of the eighty-fve persons
who sailed in the Missouri as passen-
gers and crew.-Ce1ltttry
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16
What the Celestial Has Done for Us.

Who doesn't admire the dainty,
graceful wicker-work chairs, stools,
racks and tables now in vogue? If the
Acknowledged celestial hadn't done any
thing more than bring these within the
confines of our Western barbaric civil
ization, or civilized barbarism, he
would have given compensation for his
presence. am sure the ladies are all
grateful to him for them, and so are all
men who are fond of the light and
graceful in house-furniture. / am told
by travelling salesman for concern
dealing in such things, who leaves to-
day for his San Francisco home, that
the demand is rapidly increasing
Ehic0UO ,TOn1-nnI
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16
Measuring tie Earth.

The earlier attempts of calculating
the size of the globe were based on as
Economical observations. 1t would be
difficult to say within what degree of
accuracy the figures then obtained
could have been relied upon, as the
units of measurement used by these
pioneers have been lost, and could not
be compared with the units now in use.
One of the earliest attempts made at
obtaining the actual length of the
earth's meridian by direct measure
ment of portion of 1.-The same was made
in the sixteenth century by French
doctor. The means employed, al
though very ingenious, would be con-
sidered perfectly clumsy and made
quate by the modern scientist. There
was in this early measurement no at
tempt at mathematical precision as un-
derstood in the present century, and,
considering the simplicity of the meth
cd employed by the doctor, it is only to
be wondered that no greater error was
obtained in it's final result. The meas
urement consisted simply in driving
from Paris to Amiens, and counting
the revolutions of the wheels of the
carriage, and from the number of revo-
lutions of the wheels obtaining the dis
lance of the two cities, which could
serve as basis for calculating the
length of the meridian. OF course this
calculation could not by any means be
considered accurate, but, taking into
account the means employed, the re-
suit obtained has subsequently been
found to be wonderfully precise. The
most curious thing about it is that what
would be considered grave errors and
inexactitudes were so distributed that
they almost compensated each other,
and the dimensions then obtained show
only slight differences with the dimen-
sions given by the most recent measure
ments. Thus chance (and no better
name could be found permitted of the
same results, with only a small final
error, being obtained with that crude
method, that are now obtained with the
most precise instruments and with the
most complicated calculations. -PopI-
lar Science Monthly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16

AT the time when Count Julius An
Grassy was Minister of Foreign Affairs
he strongly objected to holding long
interviews with the Ambassadors and
ENJOYS. One day the English Ambas-
sador was announced. Count julius
did not want to see him. "Tell the
gentleman" he said to his valet, "that
1 am busy dressing" The English
nobleman took his departure. The
next day he met Count Andrassy in the
street. The Minister was now as ami
able as could be; but the Ambassador
vas the reverse of communicative.
After few trite observations, his lord
ship said: my dear Count, you hardly
did the correct thing yesterday. You
must be good enough to receive my
visits, for L come to you not merely as
Lord x, but as the representative
of the Queen of England" Count An
Grassy replied: my dear Lord, just
think; 1 could not receive the Queen
in my shirt" This explanation quite
satisfied the offended Englishman. -
Tie 1rgOndut.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16
Vanity Of n Canary.

The habit of the canary to noisily
join i'll any conversation that may be
going on in the family circle is rea-
son why many refrain from keeping
this cheerful little bird as a pet. A
naturalist has discovered way of
remedying the difficulty. He says: "We
put in our canary birds cage every day
a little mirror, as large as the palm of
our hand, taking care that neither sun
nor light shall dazzle him, and he will
look at himself for hours together with
as much happiness as any young gen.
tleman you ever saw. When we want
him to stop singing we have only to
give him the mirror"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16

MAN alivel" exclaimed the Judge, in
n heated discussion of tangled theo-
logical point with his friend, Il tell
you you are free agent. You have
not to obey anyone" Eyes," said Mr..
Goodman, meekly, "but 1 do, though"
"Who?" shouted the judge-"who? ?"
"My wife, her two sisters and the
baby" howled the good man, meekly
triumphant. Red lights and slow cur
fain